Beermonster! (My Top 5 Favourite Beers)

Member Name: Cattycat

Product:	My Top 5 Favourite Beers
Date:	08/11/01 (154 review reads)
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Hello and welcome to my opinion on my 5 favourite beers! Yes, I am a lady ... most of the time... and I drink beer. Proper beer! Real ales! And I know a good pint when I taste one.

We (my boyfriend and I) are extremely lucky to live near a top quality pub which has at least 15 guest ales on offer every day. There are 3-4 regulars but the rest are different and come from all over the UK. Before I met my boyfriend I used to happily drink vodka, whisky and lager, but my taste changed when I sampled my favourite beer of all time. Please read the following for more details!

TOP FAVOURITE BEER OF ALL TIME.......EVER!!!!

Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew 5.1% OG 1050.

I first tasted this in October 1999, and it was so nice I went to my local 3 nights running to make sure I drank as much as possible! Since that time every Halloween I hope and pray that my local will get hold of another barrel ... but I have had no luck since then. I have had Moorhouses Black Cat, but it is not as good as Witches Brew. It is a bitter, but has a gorgeous toffee apple aftertaste. It tastes different to other bitters - very distinct. I have tried the bottled version, but it is not as nice as the hand-pulled variety.

2nd. Exmoor Gold 4.5% OG 1045.

This is a regular favourite of mine and is easier to find in comparison to my favourite beer. Fortunately a pub in the centre of Nottingham has it as a regular ale (The Canalhouse). Yellow and smooth with a sweet malty finish. Goes down easily - nice and light. A nice beer with food.

3rd. Castle Rock Elsie Mo 4.7%.

This is a regular from the Castle Rock brewery based in Nottingham and is almost always available at the pub next door called The Vat & Fiddle. Dark in colour, a bitter again with a sweet aftertaste. I am never disappointed with a pint of this!

4th. Adnams Southwold Bitter. 3.7% OG 1036.

This is always a reliable pint. Always tastes of a high quality. A
medium brown bitter with a hoppy taste. Not too strong so you can enjoy many a pint without the rough after effects!

5th. Caythorpe Dover Beck Bitter. 4.0% OG 1037.

This brewery is base at Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and is miniscule in size! But blimey does it create great beer? this is my favourite from Caythorpe. Smooth bitter with hoppy taste. Not an easy beer to find unless you live in Notts. Worth trying.


So, those are my favourite ales of all time. I also like Batemans Organic Yella Belly, Hopback Summer Lightning, most of the Ossett beers, Sharps Doom Bar, St.Austell Tribute, Archers Village, Whim Hartington ... far too many to mention!

Of course, it is all down to personal taste what you like and don't like. I like sweet, hoppy beers. My boyfriend prefers stouts, porters and milds. My friends won't touch beer with a barge-pole and continue to drink Metz, Vodka Red Bull and WKD.

What I can say through experience is that a good beer should be hand pulled from a quality pub to be appreciated for it's full potential. I recommend trying the Tynemill pubs in Nottingham who pride themselves on the quality of their real ales. I have had good beers in poor pubs and they totally obliterate the taste.

Anyway, hope you find this interesting and maybe useful. And you have never had real ale before give it a go ... you may like it!

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